Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-28
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irso Taossa & aIlf'' isihs fraQusnf ne
mark Of the lislensE, having heazd The
of repeated story Of the exodus.
sOh yea" says the palienf and pains
taking relateg, .they come IN here
every day. Nearly every train that
comes inso town has from one upwards,
indshnitely, on board"
aAna what becomes Of themP
"Oa, they al 30 through, On 10 thsif
degkinRtion.0
aBas Is Tacoma the destination Of
mons Of theup
sNo. That is, il does not remain 50.
II il il they change u. You Sc, the
Chinese do NOS like Tacoma. They
know Il Il inhoapitable 10 them-all
over the coantEy they know this-aHd
so few have the haEdihood b attempts
20 stop here"
aBat whsn some sf them DO attempt
| 10 what 10 dene themf
aWell, they are absolutely oppressed
With the kindness Of thar reception
and they &c away with thankful hearts
sounding the praises OF the few when
! they met. and warn al other Ohlnamen
| TO keep away from Tacoma. But thas
| 10 q paradox, and you will not under
stand it. It is this way: II . China
man should get on the train or boat ex-
cept 30 change cars or boats % keep 60
inc, he IL met by police officer whose
duty requires him 10 be there IS all
times. The Ohinaman has heard all
about Tacoma, and he knows that his
blue oveE-shirt and 7igtail bUt lily con-
/ seal the fact that be IL now very sorry
he came. So when the ofhcer laws bis
hand on his shoulder and aaks ."WheFe
i Fahrs 81 Ir<ar mil = n
/ ly intends to 20 through, answers con
| fusedly. II be intends 70 take the next
| train or boat to some other point he 10
taken care Of az the station. (foF be
does not want to wander chi, and dr.
rected 10 the train or boat at the proper
time. II be Is uncertain what be wants
to do. this kind gentleman will tall him
that he (the kind aentlenan) 10 an ON
Ger Of the law and that 90 long as
he (John) desires TO stay in the city, he
1.-THE oficeE) will take good care and see
that no harm befalls him; that be will
90 with him anywhere he desires and
see that be has q safe lodging for the
night. Yhe OhinamaD immediately at
tachee himself 10 the ofiicer and looks
upon him In the light Of guardian an
Gel, and al the evil he has ever heard
! about Tacoma Immediately becomes
real. even exaggerated. and the one
J / good and beautiful thing thing Ia the
town il the kind hearted policeman.
! This belief grows upon him as the OH
J Ger assures and treasures him that nc
harm will befall him 80 long - be re-
I mains In his care. IL the Ohinamar
} remains over night be IL kindly shown
into the lookup and placed in q cell
: (much to his own satisfaction In order
that be shall be wholly secure from
/ danQer-and this entirely without
0 charge. In the morning John 10 FULLY
D prepared to get out Of the town a
quickly as possible, and in this the ON
( Ger, faithful to the last, renders hin
his assistance and protection. John
3 goes away to forever praise the poles
; man and damn the town. That is tbs
0 way it IL done.n
o Carter Harrison, one OF the littll
/ group Of men Of National eminenes
: standing in the lobby Of the TaeomG
Z the other evening vas entertaining Sen
: atog Sherman and the OHIO party with
D some particulars Of how he tricked the
specified trout in the streams Of thl
D Cascade mountains, Reaching the oil
/ max With all the glowing description Of
3 an enthusiastic fisherman. Mr. Harri
] son appealed TO she group u Il vas not
I 1ne sport.
! aFine sport,n said Sherman, ''but ths
: difficulty Is that IN hunting for Il We
cannot oil command the tricks familiar
10 the Chicago man,
THAT may be-" said Harrison, inter.
ruptinQ the laugh directed AZ him
shat may be, bat I would give up all
the tricks ever learned in Chicago IL
could in return catch few Of the tricks
being captured By Blaine and Sherman
Just nov in she game they are playing.
Colonel mick" 0wings sat In q bay
window Of che Tacoma the other day
as one Of q party Of Eve or six discuss
ing the philosophy Of the growth Of
towns. "Daiath, st. Paul, Minneapolis
and Chicago are all examples of what
lsay," be went on, following the thread
Of q several minute discourse. Take
the three latter IS more recent illustra-
ti0hs. They were located by long.
sighted men years ago and talked. up
and doomed as great natural aeogfaph-
ical locations and all that. But they
went slowly. People laughed atthem
for years and years 40 out Of the world
and altogether useless and altogether
useless and inaccessible. The fact vas
they were ahead OF their time. That
was ell. While they were sitting there,
waiting and crying their oun praises
to attract attention and being laughed
at for their pains, the great plains 20
the west Of them, vide stretches Of the
very best wheat land In the world,
which had BEEN an nninhabitated waste,
were being rapidly peopled; the soil was
being turned upoo thousands Of acres
f0r the hrst time. Aftar awhile, grain
began 10 grow over the face OF that
country in marvellous quantities. ID
wanted market. Then these cities TO
which u came, naturally to be dis
| tgiboted taenoe over the world, fairly
leapad to The front. That very thing 10
/ going 10 be repeated on this coast.
There can be no great city until thsFs is
need Of one. IL is Its backing that
| makes city. The inland empire has
been slowly settling up for years. Lat
terry II has been settling ~ rapidly and
nov there is going 10 grow very sud
denly great city a the point that nnay
be chosen hy that iname1se, grain laden
country 60 its market and distributing
point"
Eyes, certainly; there can be no
doubs Of Il" said the chorus Of listen
eFs Who lad followed the Colonel
bfeathlessly through thls eloquent
pr0phesy.
"And ] am convinced continued the
speaker, with the slow impasslVensss Of
one Who IL certain that his audience
viii give him HE own time, shat that
plAos Il Seattle
The quist and sympathetic broke
tnto lend remoDsfFanee and laughter
and would not be Quoted until the |
Colonel stated that be vas down 10 |
Seattle the other day and told the same |
story there. with the change OF location, |
calculated % create the same effect, ana /
that be only escaped being mobbed By /
declaring biz insention to come up hsFe |
and tell q again With the geography |
changed.
O. J. Davis diaplAya today In his vim
doe on Paoife Avenue, & snail OF /
painting which In the nature Of things /
q euFiosity Of unusual interest last az /
this moment Il is . pietuFs 81 shs /
steamship OitY % Montreal, fha story
Of the asarninR Of ghiah AZ sea ID pab-
hshed - tets mo1nsng's P0sT fNTELEl-
GEScxH- Il 10 iittlo painting probably
l4xi6 inches, repFcsentinQ the graat ahlp /
oaraHnfnQ n a RHnKm IN usidonaan Tn.